Azure Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Azure
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 284 383 334
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 16.32% 21.23% 24.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.56% 58.12% 59.33%
Number of salaries quoted 209 236 314
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,014 £69,550
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,375 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -7.05%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Birmingham

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 573 659 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.93% 36.53% 41.52%
Number of salaries quoted 404 386 505
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,188 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,357 £80,070
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Azure job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Azure
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Birmingham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
4 2 (0.70%) IIS
4 2 (0.70%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.70%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (7.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 85 (29.93%) AWS
2 66 (23.24%) Power Platform
3 38 (13.38%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (11.27%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (10.56%) GitHub
6 29 (10.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (9.15%) SaaS
8 19 (6.69%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (6.34%) Power Automate
10 16 (5.63%) Entra ID
10 16 (5.63%) PowerApps
11 13 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (4.23%) GCP
13 11 (3.87%) Azure AI
13 11 (3.87%) Serverless
14 10 (3.52%) PaaS
15 9 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (3.17%) IaaS
16 8 (2.82%) Snowflake
17 7 (2.46%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.51%) Internet
2 15 (5.28%) Firewall
3 10 (3.52%) DNS
4 9 (3.17%) VPN
5 7 (2.46%) WAN
6 6 (2.11%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.76%) VLAN
8 4 (1.41%) HTTP
8 4 (1.41%) Network Security
8 4 (1.41%) SSH
8 4 (1.41%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.06%) BGP
9 3 (1.06%) DHCP
9 3 (1.06%) IPsec
9 3 (1.06%) OSPF
9 3 (1.06%) SAN
9 3 (1.06%) Wireless
9 3 (1.06%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.70%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (14.08%) Power BI
2 37 (13.03%) SQL Server
3 29 (10.21%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.58%) Data Lake
5 11 (3.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (3.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (3.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (2.82%) Delta Lake
8 8 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.76%) MySQL
9 5 (1.76%) Tableau
10 3 (1.06%) Parquet
10 3 (1.06%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.70%) Power Query
11 2 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (13.38%) Git
2 12 (4.23%) JIRA
3 9 (3.17%) Maven
4 8 (2.82%) JUnit
4 8 (2.82%) Mockito
5 4 (1.41%) GitLab
6 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.06%) MSTest
6 3 (1.06%) NUnit
7 2 (0.70%) Selenium
7 2 (0.70%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.35%) Gatling
8 1 (0.35%) MLflow
8 1 (0.35%) Moq
8 1 (0.35%) NSubstitute
8 1 (0.35%) Postman
8 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 96 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 46 (16.20%) Finance
3 32 (11.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (9.51%) Multimedia
5 21 (7.39%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.99%) Legal
7 16 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.93%) Retail
9 12 (4.23%) Law
10 10 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.82%) Automotive
12 6 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.41%) Marketing
15 3 (1.06%) Back Office
15 3 (1.06%) Banking
15 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 62 (21.83%) Developer
2 47 (16.55%) Lead
3 44 (15.49%) Senior
4 32 (11.27%) Architect
5 29 (10.21%) Data Engineer
6 27 (9.51%) Trainee
7 24 (8.45%) Analyst
8 21 (7.39%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (6.69%) Software Developer
10 17 (5.99%) Senior Developer
11 16 (5.63%) Support Engineer
12 15 (5.28%) Azure Data Engineer
12 15 (5.28%) C# Developer
12 15 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (4.93%) Lead Developer
14 13 (4.58%) Junior
14 13 (4.58%) Trainee Developer
14 13 (4.58%) Trainee Software Developer
15 12 (4.23%) Consultant
15 12 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (11.27%) CSS
2 30 (10.56%) .NET
2 30 (10.56%) HTML
3 18 (6.34%) React
4 12 (4.23%) .NET Framework
4 12 (4.23%) EDI
4 12 (4.23%) PySpark
4 12 (4.23%) REST
5 6 (2.11%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.11%) Node.js
6 5 (1.76%) RESTful
6 5 (1.76%) Vue
7 4 (1.41%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.41%) Entity Framework
7 4 (1.41%) Middleware
7 4 (1.41%) Next.js
7 4 (1.41%) Spring
8 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.06%) Laravel
8 3 (1.06%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.04%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.52%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.11%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.41%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.41%) Clustering
10 4 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.41%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.70%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.10%) Windows
2 12 (4.23%) Linux
3 11 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.76%) VMS
5 3 (1.06%) Unix
5 3 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.70%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.87%) Agile
2 75 (26.41%) Mentoring
3 57 (20.07%) DevOps
4 56 (19.72%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (17.61%) AI
7 48 (16.90%) CI/CD
8 43 (15.14%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (11.27%) Migration
10 30 (10.56%) CRM
11 28 (9.86%) ETL
12 26 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (8.80%) Analytics
13 25 (8.80%) Data Architecture
14 23 (8.10%) Technical Leadership
15 22 (7.75%) Service Delivery
16 21 (7.39%) Full-Stack Development
16 21 (7.39%) SDLC
16 21 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (29.58%) SQL
2 75 (26.41%) Python
3 41 (14.44%) JavaScript
4 33 (11.62%) C#
5 22 (7.75%) R
6 17 (5.99%) Java
6 17 (5.99%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.63%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.82%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.11%) Bash
9 6 (2.11%) PHP
10 4 (1.41%) Bicep
10 4 (1.41%) C
10 4 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (1.41%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.70%) C++
11 2 (0.70%) Groovy
12 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 51 (17.96%) Azure Certification
2 37 (13.03%) AWS Certification
3 33 (11.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (9.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 19 (6.69%) Degree
5 19 (6.69%) Security Cleared
6 18 (6.34%) SC Cleared
7 9 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.82%) CISSP
9 7 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.76%) CITP
10 5 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (1.41%) CCNP
11 4 (1.41%) CEH
11 4 (1.41%) CISM
12 3 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.70%) GSEC
13 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.99%) QA
2 9 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.82%) NIST
4 5 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.06%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.06%) PMO
6 2 (0.70%) GRC
6 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (4.93%) Docker
2 12 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.06%) Firmware
5 2 (0.70%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.70%) Dovecot
5 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.70%) Postfix
5 2 (0.70%) Squid
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (5.28%) Terraform
2 11 (3.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.52%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.41%) Nessus
5 3 (1.06%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.06%) Grafana
6 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.70%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 130 (45.77%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.21%) Databricks
3 10 (3.52%) Oracle
4 9 (3.17%) Apple
5 8 (2.82%) Adobe
6 7 (2.46%) Sparx
7 6 (2.11%) Google
7 6 (2.11%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.11%) VMware
7 6 (2.11%) Zscaler
8 5 (1.76%) Cisco
8 5 (1.76%) Dell
8 5 (1.76%) ForeScout
8 5 (1.76%) Planon
8 5 (1.76%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.76%) UiPath
9 4 (1.41%) Meraki
9 4 (1.41%) SAP
10 3 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.06%) SolarWinds